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100 Superlative Rolex Watches

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The Rolex tagline, "an obsession with perfection," is upheld by the brand's popularity. Often copied but never surpassed, Rolex--headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with 28 affiliates worldwide and relying on 4,000 watchmakers in over 100 countries--has been the leading name in luxury watches and the symbol of exemplary performance and prestige for more than a century. John Goldberger, editor of 100 Superlative Rolex Watches, has spent many happy hours browsing through watch shops, flea markets, conventions and auctions around the world for the past 35 years, collecting and studying vintage watches. In this well-appointed volume he presents comprehensive descriptions of 100 of the finest Rolex watches ever made and provides an extensive overview of Rolex's production, demonstrating the company's innovation in the technical and aesthetic evolution of watch design. More than 600 color illustrations and 400 descriptions provide the collector and watch enthusiast with invaluable information: reference numbers, casing, movement, relative calibers and year of production for each watch. The book covers many styles, including the earliest models, the Oyster, chronograph and moon phases, the sports model and the Daytona. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Damiani


Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1, 2008


Edition ‏ : ‎ Slp


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 266 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 886208031X


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 16


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.6 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.8 x 1.2 x 12.6 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #3,092,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #360 in Antique & Collectible Clocks & Watches (Books)


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • Must have book for Rolex fans
This book is offered in a great luxurious package. Nice ellegant binding, good paper stock, and great big format pictures. Very few Rolex admirers can reach a collection as that presented inside this book. It's great to have access, at least through these clear pictures, and study of each of these magnificent pieces. I enjoyed every page of it, and I only regret not having a little bit of more text explaining more details about the watches shown. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2008 by Abel
    • Great
Nice
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2019 by Larnell
    • Fair book
This book has a lot of photographs. Very little text. Many of the photos in this book can also be found in Mondani's volumes. I would rank this book as one you should buy only if you don't have any other Rolex volumes.
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2009 by Imtiaz
    • 100 rolex
Beautiful book . Considering the author photographed , wrote and edited the book and donated the profits to charity is quite the feat. Not the end all of Rolex books im sure but a companion to the Rolex collectors library.
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2014 by Hashimoto
    • Five Stars
is very good item i recommend
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2014 by Joao Garcia
    • Mountains of pictures of rare Rolex watches
I read a brilliant review about this book on Jake's Rolex Watch blog, which convinced me to buy a copy and I love it. Published by an Italian publisher to coincide with the centenary of Rolex it is a celebration of some of the most unusual and rare examples from around the world. The author, John Goldberger, who himself is a major collector and a professional photographer has had access to many watches that are very rare and have never been photographed before and the quality of the images is amazing The book starts with a clear chronological timeline of the Rolex brand with thumbnail photographs, making it easy to follow and understand the history of the brand. It showcases 100 special examples, but there are over 270 actual watches included in the book and over 750 photographs. Each showcased watch includes four detail shots as well the main image. Alongside technical information the captions tell the history of the more colourful watches. Some of the more unusual examples are: Rolex Zerograph (1937), Panerai Radiomir (1950), Black Dial Star Indices Super Oyster (1952), Rolex Centergraph (1937), Black Dial Star Moonphase (1952), Deep Sea Special (1953), Omani Sea-Dweller (1973), Limited Edition Day-Date with King Midas Styling (1977). These are watches with incredible history, including one given to the SAS by the Sultan of Oman, another made especially for Pan Am with white dials, one made for Deap Sea diving and used in August Piccard's Bathiscape, an example that belonged to the last Emperor of Vietnam, Boa Dai, and the Rolex Elvis Presley wore. Not only beautifully designed and leather bound, the book is a wonderful record of 100 years of history. As a visual reference book about rare and unusual Rolex watches this book is unsurpassed. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2008 by Jessie
    • great resource on vintage rolex...
The 100 Superlative Rolex watches undoubtedly is one of the best Rolex reference books available on the market. The layout and pictures are simply awesome. The book is a must in any Rolex enthusiasts' collection. Some minor comments on the quite limited coverage on more recent models such as the Sea Dweller Deep Sea while there should be more chapters/details devoted on Rolex `professional' model lineups such as the Milgauss, GMT and Yachtmaster families. Also, more chapters are needed for `piece unique' or special models wore by celebrities or appeared in movies etc. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2009 by C. Musigchai
    • Overpriced. Oversized. Overrated. Save your money!
Research to locate each of the 100 watches is superb; photography is fine, but not exotic, amazing or memorable; layout is particularly consistent and important from not an artistic view, but from a watch comparison standpoint. Binding and paper quality are outstanding to excellent, respectively, and printing finish is good, too. But, the book lacks a few things I wanted to see: (1) price of each watch when new; (2) estimated current value of each, and (3) more details about the pluses and minuses author sees of each design, and more importantly, the same regarding each movement. Missing, also, are details on why, for example, only one watch was made of a certain design, or why one design may have been produced in numbered additions, and how some very wealthy Sultans managed to motivate the stoic "manufacture" to produce bespoke special models. It also lacked information on "why" some watches were made, or what the "manufacture" had in mind. For example, who was or is the targeted customer of the first production, and the 2008 production run of "Milgauss" models that withstand terrific amounts of magnetism? How many people, for example, are out there who buy $8,000 stainless steel watches who also are exposed to such vast amounts of magnetism? Workers at the massive, but new out-of-fix Swiss "atom smasher?" More written information from what clearly was exhausting effort does not appear. There's little explanation, too, of why so many different "Submariner" models were made and nothing of their respective attractions and values. Same is true with the "GMT" models and similarly many photos appear of "Daytona Cosmographs" in varied designs, but with very limited written information. Until recently, "Daytona" movements were not made by Rolex at all, but there are many photos of those varied Valjoux and I suppose, Zenith movements, but little attention, if any, seems given about the new Rolex-made movement. Obviously I've not spent much time with the book, but first glance suggests that the 100 watches were chosen simply because the author likes them and took pictures of them, but asked no questions of the owners. I'd like to know more of the five Ws and the H: who, what, where, why, when and how. I did see several "whens" in short cutlines, but little of the remaining Ws and H. In my pile of Rolex and other watch books, this is perhaps the "Patek-Philippe" of finish, but the "Timex" of facts, except a brief history of Wilsdorf and his watches. At the book's fairly steep price, I wanted to see more information within its elegant leather binding, not simply photos. Unless the author owns many of the models shown, however, it must have been an exhaustive undertaking to locate and photograph each example. I just wish he had published more written information, especially about the personalities and politics involved in bespoke pieces, and of course, the respective original and current values of each, and how many of each model shown were produced and why. Before I spend $300 on that Omega book, now available, I'm now motivated to ascertain its contents. Those contents, shame, shame, on the Rolex book were NOT available as they usually are from Amazon. I see why. Few of this edition would sell, I suggest, had buyers been afforded the opportunity to examine it more closely. Not that it's not a "nice book." It is. Very nice. Quite attractive. I simply expected more than an attractive, leather-bound picture book. That's okay, I suppose, if the photos were exposed by Ansel Adams, but not for a book on watches with color snapshots and little else inside. Similar to Rolex watches, as viewed by many collectors of really esoteric, super world-class, handmade jobs with multi-axis tourbillon movements and 6-7-figure price tags, the book is: Overpriced. Oversized. Overrated. (I own 7 or 8 recent Rolexes, among other very nice watches!) Of the book, save your money. Page through a copy in 15 minutes at the library and go home glad you saved toward your next watch, even if it's not a Patek-Philippe, or a Thomas Prescher that took a year to build, but a very nice watch, indeed: a Rolex! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2008 by Special Agent

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